The Kulture Study: Acid Angels from Asia (tripleS) 'Generation' MV REACTION & REVIEW 

finally someone who's as confused by the song structure as i was. they really gave us one verse and said, you're good, listen to the chorus for the rest of the song

the best way i can describe this new genre thats being formed in kpop is "nostalgia for the modern day"

1:44 "10/10 immediately" this is so me haha

a lot of people are confused about the group having "disbanded" due to misleading article headlines from news sites. this is the wrong way to frame how it works, and "disbandment" is language that was introduced by these news sites rather than the company itself. before the members were even revealed, it was established from the beginning that tripleS would not have fixed units and would operate on a rotating basis of subunits and solo groupings. it's similar to how nct u operates in that they rotate through different member combinations for each comeback. the difference being: the decision of who is grouped together is given to the fans through voting (which is where the nfts come in, votes are displayed on the blockchain for transparency). both the lineups for acid angel from asia and +krystal eyes (the next sub unit) were voted on by fans. every member who had been revealed was included in this voting process, which we expect will be the case forever. fans are given an idea of what the concepts/songs are going to look and sound like and voting is done from there. so it is a controlled voting system where all members are included, and fans are given an idea of what their album rollouts are going to look like for the coming months because the concepts are already somewhat decided. "disbandment" is an incorrect way to frame the promotions of these subunits ending. no one uses that language for when an nct u subunit finishes promoting. the DEFAULT for this group is NOT repeating lineups. the company later stated that if a unit is able to reach 100k album sales, they will be maintained, but this is an exception vs an expectation. neither the members nor the fans were expecting the lineups to be maintained AT ALL going in, so this is a goal for when they're more established rather than being immediate. simply a motivating goal post for the future, nothing more. the members have DAILY youtube content called signal which is filmed and uploaded on the same day. the whole process of the members being revealed, concepts and voting being explained, and their daily activities are documented there. i highly recommend watching "Gonna Debut With You | tripleS 트리플에스 : SIGNAL 220916" where the voting process, 100k future goal, and first two subunits are explained to the members. in conclusion, all members will be active, just not at the same time. there is no disbandment, just regrouping for the next round of albums/concepts/voting. i personally believe this system allows the members to have more work life balance because their promotions will be staggered throughout the year, and they know ahead of time what formation they'll be apart of. the krystal eyes members spent the time generation was being promoted by the AAA members to finish their exams and other school commitments, and vice versa will be possible for the AAA members when krystal eyes starts promoting. it's a rare system in kpop that allows the young people involved to have a life outside of their work.

The girl who has a husky lower voice and the one who sings at the start is BIBI's sister Nakyoung! She's really great and I think it's on their genes. They're so talented!

The B Sides on this album are so good too. I hope this group and Fifty Fifty get more attention.

Acid Angels from Asia is such an amazing group name! I listened to their song because one of the members in this sub unit is Bibi's sister!

its literally just an incredible song + debut, I want it coursing through my bloodstream immediately

your favorite debut EVER!? i am glad we agree

I really loved this debut from tripleS AAA, and it's interesting how both them and NewJeans can approach the same topic yet in completely different ways. 'Generation' focuses upon the restrictions placed upon the youth in Eastern society, with the members only able to express themselves freely (expressed by their dancing) away from the public eye until they're forced to return to acting 'normal', gradually building up through the MV to the point in which they can break free and no longer care about what everyone else around them thinks. It's a complete parallel to NewJeans, that focuses moreso on the existing freedom present in the West, and living your best life.

Roxette had this thing "don't bore us, get to the chorus" tripleS is like "fine, what if the song was like 90% chorus then"

BIBI's sister in this sub-unit

As much as I'm sad that Jaden Jeong left BBC and LOONA, it seems he's doing a great job with this new group! This feels so different and alternative in the k-pop scene

I believe ADORA provided background vocals for this

one of the best "La-la la-la la-la" ever like IT'S SO ADDICTING

I love the relative simplicity of the song and choreo. It’s all so satisfying to the senses.

This debut is literally such a 10. Even though I’m sad that this subunit has be dissolved I’m really excited to see what the future subunits will do!!!

I was blown away by this song and the whole debut ep.

Watching 'SIGNAL' series on their channel is so fun for better understanding tripleS grouping system. it's a daily reality content episode from Yoon Seoyeon(S1) appear as first member until for now the latest girl Kaede(S9) and it's still going until upcoming member S24. The content is so fun because they are really don't know who each S's is, so for some S's it is their first time to meet the new S's that coming in 2-4weeks(gap each S's appear/introduce) and before they're appear the company will release a teaser for new S's.

This song just keeps the intensity ON. IT NEVER LETS US OFF THE HOOK. I love it. Definitely one of the best songs I've heard this year.

The song, the sub-unit, the premise of all the future combinations totally slaps.. this song (possibly) is my favourite style of sound this year. Its very fresh, new, current and youthful. Some amazing rookies coming out with great sounds also include Fifty Fifty. Their "The Fifty" mini album has 4 absolute classic songs on it.

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG RN, IM SO GLAD YOURE REACTING TO IT AAAAAAAAA

This was also my favorite debut in the last 20 years of Kpop. Ima buy an album just because I liked it so much.

We're all agree that this is an SSS tier debut!

PD trying to understand the song structure on the first listening was a hilarious throwback look at my own first listening 😂😂

the way he mentioned old loona without even knowing who was behind it sends me lollll

I really think this group could be huge, the sub unit concept is so cool

generation is so well constructed, that song don't need a second verse nor bridge but still the flow is crazy

For the people who need help knowing who is who The girl on the thumbnail is Yooyeon who placed 8th on MTG just barely missing the lineup for Class;y she was the 5th member introduced and is currently the oldest The one with the bangs is Nakyoung she's BIBI's younger sister and a former p-nation trainee she was the 7th member introduced The one with the heart buns is Yubin she was on the youth cooking show I am chef and was the 8th member introduced And the one wearing the beanie is Heyrin who is also a former p-nation trainee she was the 2nd member introduced and her introduction teaser included the demo of Dimension The four girls in the elevator at the end from left to right are Jiwoo, Soomin, Seoyeon, and Chaeyeon they are the other current subunit +(Kr)ystal eyes Seoyeon had no previous training and was the first member introduced Chaeyeon is a former member of Busters and was the 4th member introduced Jiwoo was also a contestant on MTG and was previously an actress and youth ice hockey player before being on MTG and was the 3rd member introduced Soomin is also new to the industry but had previous training and was the 6th member introduced she is also currently the youngest

Oh and BIBI's sister is in this sub-unit. It's the girl with bangs. Her name is Nakyoung

i really love this debut so much!! and all their bsides are incredible, especially rolex and charla. i've been replaying the whole album for a month now. these girls are so pretty and talented i hope they get to shine again in other subunits soon

Basically this it’s a 24 girls group from ModHaus the CEO of this company is Jaden Jong. This group concept it’s around Units, solos and ecc like music career to entertainment career a lot of the members have different backgrounds in music, entertainment and acting. They been introducing the girls 1 by 1 and now they 9.

i LOVE your idea that one of the biggest things that makes kpop music different from other genres is the goal to make every part of the song HIT. you can get something different from the different format-like pulling back in the verses allows for a more serious emotional beat, and makes the chorus stand out-but its easy to see why so many people never go back once they’ve gotten used to the overstimulation of kpop haha

YAY PD finally got to hear this awesome song! glad they enjoyed it and hope they love the whole album too

Best GG debut this year (Billlie was '21, right?)! Fresh, lovely voices, great groove, appropriate for their ages, not male-gaze, they're fabulous! I know this unit's already disbanded, but I super super hope they get a chance to do more songs together as part of the overall group. Also, Bibi's little sister! This is also my favorite GG debut besides Billlie and Aespa.

Late to the party, but you know what this song does? it let's a musical idea breath. And thats rare in (K-)Pop.

TripleS is a 24 member girl group and this is just a sub-unit that just debuted so technically they are not officially debuting as a "group" and the audition for this girl group is still ongoing!

couple of fun facts abt the group: 1. jaden jeong is the A&R behind the group, hence the early LOONA influence 2. LOONA/NCT type debut. This group is planning to have like 24 members i think and theyre debuting indivudally through subunits, what you saw in the end were the next 4 girls from a different sub unit 3. these units will not have a comeback until they hit a particular album sale threshold (if im not wrong) 4. ADORA worked on the background vocals for the song 5. Bibi's younger sister is in the AAA subunit (the one that you reacted to) 6. Yooyeon ranked 8th place in My Teenage Girl, missing her debut in Class:y by one spot

AAA is so underrated and I wished they had more success.

This is like my favorite reaction to not only this song but to any song ever. It just captures my love, reaction and appreciation for this song so well. I just love it so much.

I feel like at the end of the year, you should do an end-of-year award show type of thing, where you give tell us your fav mv from a boy/girl group, best/fav mv or something cause i would watch

12:40 "there''s only 4 of them? no there's 4 more of them" PD there's 20 more of them 🤣🤣

I really enjoyed more this debut than any other this year. This song is catchy and the dance is good. I really hope to see more the girls.

In my opinion, New Jeans kinda opened a new wave in K-pop scene. I wanted to see more groups like them and am so happy to see TripleS.

"10 out if 10!!! Immediately!!!" - PD All of us can relate 😁

To put it simply they are a subunit of a bigger group (kinda like NCT) the company dissolves the unit if they dont meet the set goal BUT THE GROUP WILL STILL BE ACTIVE, they rotate groups as comebacks and promote them as sub units as well (afaik).

I was waiting for this reaction!!! Thank you PD

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG and I was waiting for PD s reactionnnn, thank youuuu

The reaction I've been waiting for. Tysm PD 😌

Thank you so much PD for reacting! Been waiting for this for so long and your reaction didn't disappoint 😆 Generation is a totally amazing debut can't wait for what's in store for the next subunit!

I've been waiting for you to react to this for so long, and I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did 😊

I'm so happy that you enjoy this I recommended this song a while ago

been waiting for 3 weeks in hopes of a reaction to this debut and I got it, thank you PD! visually and vocally they served it up on this song 🤩🤩🤩

I'm so happy you checked this out, PD! I was a bit "concerned" you wouldn't get to it since it has been a few weeks since they debuted-I was honestly hoping you'd watch the MV since I had a feeling it'd be right up your alley. It's my favorite debut of this year (for both GGs and BGs), and the EP is so dope (Charla is probably one of my favorite b-sides EVER). I'm really excited for what's in store with +(KR)ystal Eyes if +(82) is anything to go by. tripleS as a whole is a group that I'm definitely keeping on my radar. So glad you enjoyed it, and I hope you react to the upcoming sub-units as well

Great video K study! TripleS and New Jeans are my new young obsessions. Gotta love the youth.

I love pd's facial reactions so much. They're always so good haha

Haven’t been able to put this song down since I first watched the music video and performance video. It’ll definitely be on my top played songs of the year. Seriously wonderful and genius and the dance is so addicting to watch. I’m so excited for them.

Thank you for reacting to acid angel 🤗💖

we were waiting for this!!

I didn't notice the song structure until i watched it again with you now..

was waiting for this reaction for a while!!! and it did not dissapoint

I was waiting for thattt!! Thank you PD nim for the reaction!!😊

I was waiting for your reaction to this group! I'm very happy that you like it, the girls are very cute and fun!

i was waiting for your reaction!!!

5:50 yes you are right, this low voice is recognizable in the works of Jaden Jeong - former creative ceo of LOONA

been waiting for this a long timeeee good to see PD reacting to one of the best debuts of all time

Been waiting for so long for this

they didn't disband. it's sub-unit and fans can choose or vote members for the next sub-unit so guys please hold all your DISBANDMENT TRAUMA. they're not iz*one or gfriend. calm down y'all

loved this reaction ❤

i heard about this huge rotating group thing a while ago but didn't see it until it came up as a youtube ad. so i watched it and loved it. didn't realize they were getting bigger and more well known so im glad! hopefully this tripleS thing goes far

Thanks again from great professional insights. Song and MV, amazing groovy masterpiece.

the reason its so LOONA similar is because Jaden Jeong is this groups main creative director, who left Loonas company after Butterfly Era due to creative differences. Which is why there's also a lot of similarities such as AAA & YYXY , or the song "Rolex" on the EP which was originally recorded by LOONA

Generation is a song you can put on repeat that never come to an end

Such a good analysis and you also verbally said what I was thinking about difference between Kpop and Western pop. I love them crossing and breaking boundaries specially when it results in such a fucking good song!

Modhaus the company responsible of them is backed by some very big sponsors which explains the large budget in production and the mv. It’s also very apparent in their daily signals in which they all have meal cards and luxurious houses.

I've been waiting for this song's reaction!

loved your reaction! 9 members have been revealed so far. the first 8 were voted into the first 2 units. The 4 girls in the elevator at the end are the next subunit krystal eyes. and the 9th member kaede will participate in a future voting to see which unit she will be in when more members are revealed.

oh ive been waiting for this 😁

This song gets better the more u hear

I knew you'd love it, the dance is awesome it's going to be legendary

BIBI little sister is here! Also please watch BIBI's new MVs it will BLOW your mind! The production is chef kiss 🔥

I was waiting for you to react to this because I just knew you'd love it when I first heard it 😂

It was an incredible debut !! I can't wait for the next sub unit of TripleS

As much as people wanted to shit on this and say they're just copying NewJeans... this song is better than Attention 😅

I WAS WAITING FOR YOU HUHUHUHUH

What actually happened is the sub-unit Acid Angel From Asia (Triple S AAA) had a goal of selling 100,000 albums for this debut EP and that goal was not met, with the unit selling only 20,000 copies of the album “Access”, that's why the sub-unit was disbanded. It only means that this specific formation for Acid Angel From Asia will no longer exist in the TripleS universe, but the girls will remain part of the group and will participate in future projects and sub-units with other girls in the group. This is part of the concept of TripleS, which is a group "shaped by the fans" and being adjusted as they receive support and grow in popularity. The girls walk around in different concepts and the fanbase decides who fits best in what.

Ohh I was waiting for this reaction

these girls are the ones that should have newjean's hype. the song is better than anything nj released. and I'm not talking as a hater because I like their aesthetic but tripleS generation captures the young feeling way more and what pd said is totally right triple s have a free feeling to them that represent more the gen z it's not that repetitive and same thing we see over and over again about young girls singing about boys like girls lifes are only for talking about boys

This is literally New Jeans all over again.. Im living for it.

Watching this again can’t wait for there next song😭😭❤️

YESSSSSS I HAVE BEEN WAITINGGGG

they are one of the subunits of tripleS. they are acid angel from asia. the girls at the end are (KR)ystal Eyes. they are completely different girls. fans got to choose the subunits for the members. KE will debut later. they are still new member reveals. it’s kinda like NCT / japanese groups that use this kinda formation style. I LITERALLY HAD THE SAME REACTION AS YOU WHEN I HEARD THEIR DEBUT!

This song is so amazing!! Can't wait for what Triple S is going to have further!!! It's nostalgic and listening to this song is so easy to vibe to it!!

I knew you would like their debut 😂❣️

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS REACTION. 😭🤣BEST REACTION BY FAR. I haven't been getting too into girl groups lately and then this came and caught my absolute attention

I've been following along from the sidelines with tripleS so to finally see some of the girls debut made me so excited, espically to hear the first official version of dimension! It has also been really fun because this project has been happening the same time as OnlyOneOf's awesome solo series project. undergrOund idOl which you already know is another JJ group. So this half of the year has been such a treat music wise and I am eager to see what comes next from both groups!!!

Ive been waiting this

I've been waiting for your review the most. I Knew you'd love it! OH MY GOD was also My reaction. Fell in love with this subunit instantly. That la Lalala Lala la la la is unbeatable, every single time I hear it makes my stomach flutter. So fking addictive!!!!!!

one of the idols in this group yooyeon was in a survival show called mtg which formed class:y